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The Blaydon Race takes place on the evening of Thursay, June 9, and more than 4,000 runners are expected to compete.

The 5.9 mile road race will start at the east end of Collingwood Street in Newcastle city centre at 7.15pm and will finish at Shibdon Road Playing Fields in Blaydon at approximately 9pm.

The race commences at 5pm and rolling road closures take place along Scotswood Road during the race. In Newcastle, the closures this year will be between 4.45pm and 9.15pm with Bigg Market, Mosley Street, Collingwood Street, Westgate Road, Clayton Street, Westmorland Road, Marlborough Crescent, Railway Street and Plummer Street all being closed until 9pm, with Scotswood Road being under rolling closure.

These closures will affect all buses operating through the city centre area and customers are advised that their journeys may be subject to delays. Go North East and Stagecoach services will be subject to the following diversions:

Service Q1/Q2 will operate normal route to Grey Street then Market Street East, Pilgrim Street, Blackett Street and then via Newgate Street (passengers for Central Station to be dropped off on Newgate Street), then normal route back to Grey Street.

Services 10/10A/10B, 12/12A operating to Newcastle from Blaydon Bus Station will operate to roundabout behind bus station, then loop around, back through bus station, then via Shibdon Road, A694, then either Riverside Way and Scotswood View to MetroCentre bus station, or Derwenthaugh Road and Scotswood Bridge towards

Services 10/10A/10B, 12/12A operating from Newcastle to Blaydon will operate via Scotswood Bridge and Derwenthaugh Road, or Scotswood View and Riverside Way to A694 and Shibdon Road to Blaydon Bus Station and will omit Chainbridge Road and associated slip-roads and Blaydon bus link.

Services 49, 49A, 67 & 69 operating from Shibdon Road to Blaydon Bus Station will operate via Shibdon Road to the bus station entrance and will omit Chainbridge Road and Blaydon bus link.

To ensure health and safety is maintained, a number of roads will have to be subject to a ‘rolling road closure’, and this may have a substantial effect on the routing of bus services.

The effects on Stagecoach buses will start to manifest from around 1700, when race marshals and stewards will start to close Mosley Street, Collingwood Street, Westgate Road, Clayton Street West, Westmorland Road and Marlborough Crescent. These roads are likely to remain closed until around 7:45pm, and will affect all buses operating through the city centre area.

In addition, between approx 1800 and 2030, Railway Street, Plummer Street, Scotswood Road (westbound), and Scotswood Bridge will be closed. Because of this, during the period 6pm – 8:30pm all westbound journeys on Service 22 will be diverted away from the Scotswood Road area (via Big Lamp, Rye Hill, Westmorland Road, Armstrong Road and Denton Road). As a consequence of this pronounced diversion, Service 22 buses will not be able to serve the bus stops on Scotswood Road (westbound) or Newcastle Business Park during these times, but will observe bus stops along the line of their diversion.

Furthermore, eastbound Service 22 buses may also not be able to access Newcastle Business Park between around 1800 – 2000. Customers intending to use the service during this period are recommended to walk to the eastbound bus stops on Scotswood Road at Sanderson Street to ensure they can access the bus service.

Services 6 and 7 will also be unable to serve Scotswood Bridge for a period. During affected times, trips will divert non-stop via Al to Denton Square, A1 Western By Pass to A694 intersection, then A1114 Riverside Way. As a result, these routes will be unable to observe the bus stops near Derwenthaugh Marina.

Whilst all these routes and timings have been prepared in line with advice received from the local authority, due to the nature of this event, it may be necessary to vary these details dynamically due to additional road closures, or police advice. Follow us on twitter for the very latest information.